Global Symposium for Regulators 2024

The Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24) will take place in Kampala, Uganda, from 1 to 4 July 2024 in the Speke Resort and Convention Center, Munyonyo.

GSR-24 will feature thematic sessions bringing together regulators, policy makers and digital stakeholders from around the world and providing a global platform for knowledge exchange around the topic “Regulation for impact”.

Thematic Discussions

Session 5 – Safe and Inclusive Digital Financial Services

This session will discuss regulatory approaches to an enabling safe, secured and inclusive digital financial ecosystem and the challenges of crypto-assets (digital currency) regulation, because of the complexity, anonymity, and online ubiquity of these assets across borders. Nascent regulatory approaches often build on the tradition of banking regulations.

• How to ensure inclusive access to digital financial services?
• There are growing calls to regulate cryptocurrencies. Is this the right approach and who is affected? Who is in charge? Who is responsible?
• How to ensure security of digital transactions? What safeguards exist? Who is in charge?
• Fintech: How to balance innovative regulatory approaches with traditional banking regulations?
• What regulatory measures can regulators and digital players put in place to strengthen consumer safety and trust in digital financial services?

Moderador:

Mr Aliyu Yusuf Aboki

Executive Secretary
West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA)

Panelists:

Mr Mustafa Yasin Sheikh

Director General
National Communications Authority
Somalia

Mr James Gabriel Claude

CEO
Global Voice Group

Ms Mei Lin Fung

Co-Chair
People Centered Interne

Mr Ronald Azaire

CEO
Pegasus Technologies Ltd

Participation

Procedure

Registration to participate in GSR-24 is mandatory.

An ITU User Account is required to register. If you don’t already have one, please follow the instructions here by selecting “I am a new user”. For participants who already have created an ITU User Account when registering to another ITU meeting, login with your credentials.

• For ITU Member States Administrations, Palestine (Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai, 2018)) and Regulatory Associations, please register here.
• For ITU-D Sector Members, Regional and International Organizations, ITU affiliated academic and research Institutes, and United Nations Funds and Programs, Specialized Agencies, and IAEA, please register here.

All registration requests for participation in these meetings must be validated by the Designated Focal Points (DFPs) of administrations and entities entitled to participate.

The list of Designated Focal Points is available here (TIES restricted access). If your Entity does not have a Focal Point, or wishes to modify the contact details and/or change a focal point, you are kindly requested to provide details of his/her last name, first name and e-mail address and submit this information on your organization’s letterhead by e-mail to BDTMeetingsRegistration@itu.int.

Mei Lin Fung – Global Symposium for Regulators – Uganda 2024